Letter-copying press



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LETTER COPYING PRES-S.-

- No. 289,983. Patented Deo. 11,1883i l .l Z

l WIT/VESSE- 'A t l ./'A/I/P'EJQTO-QA W *wmmfw La ATTORNEY .jecting thewritten letter to the action of a UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

EZRA COPE, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,983, dated December11, 1883. Application filed January 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- ink. The sheet P may of course be one ofBeit known that I, EZRA CorE, of Hamilthe pages of a commonletter-copying book, ton. Butler county, Ohio, have invented cerwhich isinserted open into the press, one-half tain new anduseful Improvementsin Letter-` of the open book ofcourse projecting outside,

Copying Presses, of .which the following is a l as will be understoodfrom Fig. 3, R being that specifcation. l portion ofthe book in thepress of which P This invention pertainsto that general methis one oi'the leaves, and S that portion outod of lettercopying which consists insubside of the press.

other .than a screw, a water-vessel placed elsewhere than directly underthe bed of the press,

moist thin sheetwhich dissolves out part of the ink and absorbs it,pressure being applied to prevent the running of the ink.

The nature of my improvement will beunderstood from the description andclaims.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure lis a side view of a letter-copyingpress embodying my improvements, parts being shown in section; Fig. 2, aplan of the same, and Fig.- 8 a section illustrating the mode ofoperation.`

A represents the bed of the press;B, the platen; C, the top bridge; D,the pressingscrew; E, the four corner-posts for guiding the platen; F, awater-vessel, in which the press stands; G, the Vwater in said vessel;H, a pair of rollers journaled to the platen of the press; I, a similarpair of rollers at the other end of the platen; J, a hand-crank'to turnrollers I; K, an endless web of felt or other absorbent material,passing through both pairs of rollers, through the water in vessel F,and under the platenB; L, the portion of web K lying just below theplaten, and M the feet of the press resting in vessel F.

In Fig. 3 the section is illustrative, B representingthe platen; L, theportion of web K just below the platen; A, the bed of the press; Q, theletter to be copied, and Pthe thin absorbent sheet on which the copy isto be made.

In operation, the crank J is turned till a wetted portion of the web Kis brought under the platen, the rollers H wringing the surplus waterout ofthe web as it passes through them, leaving the proper degree ofmoisture in the portion AL. The letter to4 be copied, with the thinsheet laid on it,-is then put into bed instead ofthe platen of thepress, the use of a web not endless, and also other suitable means foractuating the web. In brief, I contemplate modiiications ofthe specificdevices set forth without" departing from the general after particularlypointed out and distinctly claimed. v

I claim 1. The combination, in a copying-press, of the bed and platenandthe absorbent web mounted between them, substantiallyas and for thepurpose specified.

2. The combination, in a copying-press, of the bed and platen, theabsorbent web mounted between them and prolonged outward from betweenthem, and means for shifting the web, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

3. The combination, in a copying-press, of the bed and platen, thewater-vessel, the absorbent web mounted between the bed and platen andprolonged to reach into the watervessel, and means for shifting the web,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. 'Ihe combination, in a copying-press, of the water-vessel, the bedstanding therein on legs, the platen, the endless web mounted betweenthe bed and platen and passing under the bed in the water-vessel, andmeans foi shifting the web, substantially as and for the purposespeciied.

EZRA COPE.

the press and pressure applied. The platen at Witnesses: once appliesthe moisture to the thin sheet, J. NV. SEE, and preve ts the improperrunning 'of the It. S. CARR.

the mounting of the absorbent web upon thev principle of my presentinvention, as hereinl I contemplate the use of pressing means

